Marc, Your article is spot on! I myself was convicted of dui several years ago and quickly came to the conclusion that it was "all about the money". I should have looked you up to represent me! Water under the bridge. Great article! I stand for freedom with you!

This is a little, tiny, good start. However, a better way is, don't get rid of the laws. Rather, convert all the laws into strong warnings only. Make it like this.

Nobody gets arrested for breaking any law, whatsoever. All the laws are strong warnings, only. They are vigorously published to warn the people what will happen if the people do harm or damage while breaking the law.

Make the punishment for intentional and for some negligent harm related or damage related very strict and very painful. In cases of loss of life, make the murderer pay with hard labor for a time, and then execute him. Even judges and law enforcement should be under the same laws of harm and damage claims.

The benefit of this? People will be free. Government will be off our backs. Judges and law enforcement will be made to pay like anyone else. The worst that they will be able to do before harm or damage has been committed is to issue warnings to people for living dangerous-to-others lives. No more police brutality.

I read your entire article and have given it a fair shot. You made many valid points and the fact that you at least have a theory is far more than most; however, full repeal is simply not the answer. I would; however, agree reform is certainly needed. Maybe reckless driving should be more serious than DUI instead of the other way around. I agree .08% is miniscule and maybe .12% would be a more fair toxicity level. I don't claim to have all the answers though as I've not thought deeply enough about the issue. I ask you 2 questions in response. 1) If all DUI laws were repealed, would that result in more people taking the wheel intoxicated? The obvious answer is yes! People that take taxi's or have designated drivers often do so simply for the purpose of not committing the "crime" of DUI. Not because they are afraid they will drive recklessly(count 1) or kill(count 2) someone on their way home. So, the first thing that must be admitted, is that as a preventative measure, DUI laws do in fact result in a smaller number of intoxicated drivers on the road. My second question is this: If all DUI laws were repealed, as you suggest, would that result in more alcohol related driving deaths? Since, more people would be driving intoxicated, the obvious answer again is yes! A lot more people would drive home from bars, restaurants and parties, if the only fear was of manslaughter or reckless driving. So, as a preventative measure, one must conclude that DUI laws do in fact help in the prevention of alcohol caused driving deaths and injuries and have in fact, saved innocent lives of commuters that would have otherwise died. I do enjoy freedom and love freedom, but I don't enjoy and believe in it so much that any idiot with a driver's license, should be aloud to go to a bar, get completely shit faced and then drive home at their discretion. There are way too many idiots out there! As for your points about the people that are otherwise driving fine and have their careers ruined, go to jail, have their licenses suspended, etc., because of DUI statutes, that sucks. It's kind of like the two 18 year olds that went into Walmart and stole a shirt. One got caught, the other didn't. 2 people did the same thing, one is ostracized as a felon for life, can't bear arms and in most cases will work for $12 an hour or less for life. The other goes onto be the County Sheriff, because he didn't get caught. How is that fair? It's not, but it happens all the time. Laws are rarely fair to everyone, but laws must exist for society as a whole, not the individual. I agree a lot of people's lives get screwed up because they get caught for DUI, but that's how the cookie crumbles. Maybe 100 people get their lives screwed up in a more minor way, so that 3 innocent lives are saved from alcohol induced fatalities. Reform - YES; Repeal - No